Mail-bag deliverer.



H; J. SA'NDERSON.

MAIL BAG DELIVERER.

APPLIOATIONYI'ILED MAY 28, 1909.

Patented Nov. 16, 1909.

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H. J'. SANDERSON.

MAIL BAG DELIVERBR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 28,1909.

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HERBERT J. SANDERSON, 0F COWANSVILLE, PENNSYLVANTA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH T0 WILLIAM. J). SANDEBSON, 0F COVTANSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

MAIL-BAG DELIVEBER.

Application filed May 28,

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT J. SANDER- son, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Cowansville, in the county of Armstrong and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMail-Bag Deliverers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention comprehends certain new and useful improvements inequipment for railways, and the invention has for its object an improveddevice through the instrumentality of which mail bags may be safely andaccurately delivered from a moving train at desired stations along thetrack.

\Vith this and other objects in view that will more fully appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists in certain constructionsand arrangements of the parts that 1 shall hereinafter fully describeand then point out the novel features of in the appended claim.

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof andalso to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction, reference isto be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, inwhich:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a mail deliverer constructed inaccordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof, withparts in section and, Fig. 3 is a rear elevation.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The present invention is designed to be applied to a mail car 1 which isof conventional type and is provided in its side wall with the usualdoorway 2 through which the mail bags are discharged.

The delivering device consists essentially of a vertical post 8 that isrotatably mounted in the frame of the doorway and is adapted to beconveniently turned from the interior of the car by means of a handle 4extending horizontally therefrom at a suitable elevation. The post 8carries arms 5 which project perpendicularly therefrom and are arrangedoppositely to the handle 4" and secured to the post at points above andbelow the latter. These arms are normally positioned in the doorway butare adapted to be swung outwardly through the same to as- Specificationof Letters Patent.

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1909. Serial No. 498,974.

some positions substantially at right angles to the side of the car.

6 designates horizontal cross pieces which are fixed to the outer orswinging ends of the arms at intermediate points, the cross pieces beingdisposed perpendicularly with respect to the arms and terminating onopposite sides of the plane of the latter, as best seen in Fig. 2.Corresponding ends of the cross pieces are designed to engage with therespective loops 7 provided at the top and bottom of a mail bag 8, inorder to support the latter between the arms. As a precautionary measureI pivot latches 9 to the extremities of the cross pieces 6 to insureagainst the loops becoming accidentally disengaged therefrom; Theinvention also contemplates the provision of a receiver 10 that extendslongitudinally on one side of the track at a station where mail is to bedelivered. This receiver is bottomless and is preferably mounted above aplatform 11 and is supported at a suitable elevation above the platformby a standard 12, the standard being arranged at the side of thereceiver remote from the track. The receiver is composed of spaced sidemembers 13 that are connected near their middle points by a transversepartition 14. The side members are substantially parallel excepting attheir extremities where they are diverged, as indicated at 15, to affordflared entrances to the receiver.

In the practical operation of the invention when a car approaches astation where mail is to be delivered, the mail clerk in the car hangsthe mail bag between the spaced arms 5 by slipping the loops 7 overcorresponding ends of the cross pieces 6, the latches 9 holding theloops against accidental displacement. The post 3 is then turned by thebandle 4, so as to swing the arms outwardly through the doorway toassume operative positions substantially at right angles to the side ofthe car, with the ends of the cross pieces with which the loops areengaged eX- tending rearwardly from the arms, as illustrated in Fig. 1.Upon the continued forward movement of the train the mail bag passesthrough the adjacent flared entrance of the receiver 10 and is carriedlongitudinally of the latter until it is arrested by the partition 14,it being observed that the receiver is placed at such an elevation thatthe arms 5 pass freely above and below the same. After the mail bag hasstruck the partition the forward movement of the train causes thelatches 9 to swing about their pivots to permit the loops 7 to bedisengaged from the corresponding extremities of the cross pieces andthereby effect the delivery of the mail bag without the necessity ofstopping or decreasing the speed of the train. The mail bag so delivereddrops upon the platform 11 and is collected by the station agent.Inasmuch as the cross pieces project aterally on opposite sides of thearms it is to be observed that mail bags may be delivered from the carwhen the same is ap proaching the station in either direction thereceiver being also of double formation for this purpose.

From the foregoing description in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, it will e apparent that l have provided an improved mail bagdeliverer which is susceptible of being quickly and convenientlyoperated; which consists of comparatively few parts and embodies to amarked degree the characteristics of simplicity and durability;

and which may be manufactured at a comparatively small cost.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new is:

In a mail bag deliver-er the combination of a post journaled verticallyon the car vertically spaced arms projecting perpendicularly from thepost, horizontal cross pieces carried at the extremities of the arms andextending laterally on both sides thereof, latches pivoted to theextremities of the cross pieces, and a receiver arranged at one side ofthe track and supported at a suitable elevation to permitthe arms topass freely above and below the same the receiver consisting oflongitudinally extending spaced side members and a transverse partitionconnecting the members intermediate of the ends thereof.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HERBERT J. snneaser. [11.8.] lVitnesses lVILLIAM D. SANnERsoN, BLANCHEBROWN.

